"CHINNAMASTA" IS THE HINDU THE GODDESS OF GREAT WISDOM; SHE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONCEPT OF SELF-SACRIFICE AND THE AWAKENING OF THE KUNDALINI, OUR SPIRITUAL ENERGY. SHE IS THE EMBODIMENT OF SEXUAL ENERGY. "CHINNA" MEANS CHOPPED OFF; "MASTA" MEANS HEAD. HENCE, "CHINNAMASTA" IS THE GODDESS WHO CHOPPED OF HER OWN HEAD.. SHE IS A DEITY WHO HAS ALWAYS BEE THERE FROM WHEN TIME BEGAN. SHE IS OUR INNER ILLUMINATION AND SYMBOLIZES BOTH ASPECTS OF "DEVI", THE HINDU DIVINE MOTHER...THE LIFE GIVER AND A LIFE TAKER. IT IS SHE WHO DISTRIBUTES "VITAL ESSENCE" OR "LIFE ENERGY TO ALL BEINGS.

She is concerned with life, death, and the idea of blood as a life force. She and Her devotees are usually depicted as wearing a cobra around their neck as She stands over a divine copulating couple...with the Goddess on top. This image speaks to the two faces of the goddess, sex and death, and shows how sexual energy leads to a sacrificial death, as procreation requires parents to make way for their offspring. The sacrificial death nourishes the renewed life.

"CHINNAMASTA "IS THE" SHAKTI "OR POWER OF INDRA OR LIGHTNING, THE ELECTRICAL ENERGY OF TRANSFORMATION AND SPREADS HERSELF ALONG MYRIADS OF CHANNELS ENVELOPING THE WHO OF THE COSMOS. SHE HELPS TO FREE FROM THE LIMITATIONS OF THE MIND, HELPS SUCCESSFUL MEDITATION, IMPROVES PERCEPTION, FREE FROM TROUBLES OR FIND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. SHE DIMINISHES NEGATIVE OR DARK ENERGIES AND GIVES VICTORY OVER ENEMIES.